![]() ![]() Zoom is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange and headquartered in San Jose, California. Zoom is a self-described frictionless communications platform that was founded in 2011. Jitsi was founded in 2002 in Sydney, Australia and currently has over 4,610 employees registered on Linkedin. Jitsi is an open source software company that specialises in video-conferencing software for small to enterprise level businesses. So, let’s explore what we should know about these two popular tools. Many SMB decision makers are comparing Jitsi vs Zoom. An open source tool like Jitsi may have enough features and the right price point for your needs. Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest updates.Zoom has grown to the point of ubiquity in the last few years, but it may be worth comparison shopping and weighing all the options before making your final choice for your small business’s video conference tech tool. In the future, LaceWing Tech will offer Jitsi-Meet as a product. It’s not easy to do, especially when larger companies can spend unlimited amounts of money on User Experience (UX) Designers. Not all Jitsi servers (e.g., ) are created equal, so thank you to Systemli, a Berlin tech collective and friends of ours, for providing such a stable experience! Kudos also to the Jitsi-Meet team for building and maintaining a user-friendly alternative to 2-billion dollar Zoom. Usability/User experience depends on a combination of reliability of internet connection, client, and server setup. Though Jitsi-Meet is not yet end-to-end encrypted for more than two participants, working prototypes are already deployed and tested. ![]() Jitsi-Meet supports 10 simultaneous users easily, 20 are possible, and 50 are reported possible, but probably require a rather fine-tuned server setup. Sometimes we turn our video off to help improve quality. Jitsi does a great job of keeping audio consistent while video might lag - so if video freezes, you can still have a smooth experience of the meeting. Other than that, for important meetings I try to have a backup plan ready so that if we’re unlucky, everyone knows what the next steps are. Our professional IT tip? Swear at the computer and pray. However, when someone has internet problems, things are still tough. The setup is easy and the interface is approachable - I can send someone a simple link and they can join from the browser (or on their phone). Calls with more than 8 people are also no problem. I might experience the inevitable “Can you see me? Can you hear me?” dance for 2-3 minutes, but afterwards, things go relatively smoothly. I have about 4-5 calls per day, mostly on Jitsi, and rarely have problems. Jitsi-Meet in a 10-person team - it just worksįor LaceWing Tech’s daily grind, Jitsi-Meet has all we need: screensharing, mute/unmute audio and video, chat, “raise hand”, tile view (as opposed to speaker view), and more. We will continue to test as the tool improves. Nextcloud Talk: we do not recommend using Nextcloud Talk (yet!) because it is painfully unusable.We tested Wire’s ‘Teams’ product for multiple-person video chat and it did not offer enough additional features to be worth the cost. Wire: we use the free Wire version for our team chat and 1-1 video calls.Jitsi-Meet is perfect for day-to-day work because it is simple, has just what we need, and uses less resources. BigBlueButton is best for presentations and events because it is more powerful, more stable, and has more shiny features - but it takes a lot more resources. There aren’t *that* many open source video conferencing alternatives and only two are good: Jitsi-Meet and BigBlueButton (see diagram, credits: Swecha).īoth are open source and usable, but good at different things. ![]() ![]() It’s open source, easy to use and has all the features one needs for everyday work and meetings. We at LaceWing Tech have the same problem as everyone else - how do we meet online in a sustainable, user-friendly, yet secure way? We spent a few months testing various tools and eventually settled on Jitsi-Meet. How we manage online meetings at LaceWing Tech Goodbye, Zoom! Open source video conference tools ![]()
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